Chapter 10 - Battle of Arendelle part 1
The storm intensified in the region, the wind blowing more and more and the rain was getting stronger. Through the pine forest swept by the storm, the trees crunching and wriggling with the wind, a horse galloped as fast as it could on the dirt track and wet, in the opposite direction, in the direction of the city of Arendelle. On this horse, Anna, more worried than ever, kept imagining the worst and wanted to reach the city as soon as possible. Behind her on the horse, Grand Pabbie stood firmly, more closed and calm than the young princess, but still showing a grave and concerned air.
- "I pray that your idea works, Grand Pabbie." Anna said while continuing to look in front of her.
- "I too, princess....I too..." replied the troll, shaken by the horse's race. "...But you should go more slowly in this storm!"
-"Impossible!" Anna insisted "We must arrive before it's too late!"
Pabbie understood it very well, but maybe it was already too late. In the black sky, a flash of lightning exploded, accompanied by the thud of thunder. The old troll looked over his shoulder, back.
"As long as Kristoff and the others come back on time ..." he said. The horse ends up leaving the forest and reaching the trail along the edge of the cliff overlooking the fjord. Anna suddenly pulled her horse's bridle hard, stopping it, and Pabbie had to stand on the princess's back so she would not fall.
- "Princess, but what are you doing?" he asked, surprised at the moment. Anna did not answer, looking towards the fjord, and showing an expression of great terror. Pabbie quickly understood why.
The city and the castle of Arendelle were in view, still intact, but columns of smoke already rose from the bay. Dozens of military ships were floating in the water. A little further, three titanic forms were fighting with great violence, and Anna recognized two of them: Godzilla and Leatherback. Pabbie, however, also recognized the third. Otachi, the dragon of the seas. Godzilla was in a bad position, on the ground and roaring with pain as the two other kaijus beat him. Leatherback, with his enormous fists, struck Godzilla's body and head, while Otachi scratched him violently with his claws, and with his wings, sometimes flew a few feet above Godzilla, before violently falling on him to inflict on him a more violent blow. Godzilla, despite the beatings and the pain, tried to fight back to get up, but with great difficulty, the two kaijus not leaving him any moment of respite. Godzilla managed to inflict a violent bite on one of Otachi's paws, causing him to bleed, but Leatherback knocked again, freeing Otachi from the grip. The giant structure of half-destroyed ice and no presence of her sister on it came in sight of Anna, who felt her heart break.
- "ELSA !!" cried the young princess at the brink of tears, and without losing a moment, slammed the bridle of her horse, which began to gallop towards Arendelle, in the direction of the battle.
Elsa felt heavy and light at the same time, and seemed lost in her own memories. Why did they come at such a time? She remembered everything ... The night she accidentally hit her sister with her power .... The winter she had created, plunging Arendelle into chaos .... But also moments warmer, like Anna's birthday, or Elsa had ironically caught a cold .... And the Christmas Holidays, when Olaf had done everything to find a tradition for the two sisters, and had somehow managed, the snowman being himself this tradition finally found ....
Elsa opened her eyes, returning to reality. She was in the middle of a sphere of ice, creating by herself, and floating in the midst of dark, cold waves. As she fell from the harrow at high speed, she was able to create this sphere of protection before reaching the water. It had surely saved her life.
Elsa, with her powers, made the ice sphere disappear and quickly climbed to the surface of the water. Emerging under the wind and rain, she found herself shaken by the stirrings caused by the struggle of the three titans, not far from her, but not noticing her presence, for the moment. The young queen, soaked, watched the fight with horror. With his foot, Godzilla managed to hit Leatherback in the stomach, knocking him back into the bay, but crushing three other ships under his back. Godzilla wanted to get up, but Otachi intervened again and bit him violently on the shoulder, making him roar with pain. For the first time, Elsa felt a certain pain in her heart, at the sight of Godzilla being beaten without mercy before her eyes .... Without knowing why .... She wanted to intervene, help him....
As she stared, Elsa suddenly felt hands seize her by the shoulders and pull her out of the water to put her on a rowboat. The young queen quickly saw Ishiro, his face and clothes dripping with drops, picking up the oars and starting to push the boat back towards the docks.
- "Happy to see you are alive, majesty!" he screamed in the storm, rowing with all his strength. Elsa bit her lip, shameful and shedding a tear.
- "I should have listened to you, Ishiro ..... I should have! By my fault, Arendelle will fall!" said Elsa sadly. Ishiro shook his head.
- "Not yet, majesty ..... Not yet!" he said, looking towards Godzilla. A great roll of water caused by the fight suddenly returned the rowboat, making Ishiro and Elsa fall into the cold black water of the bay. Emerging from the water by catching the air in their mouths, the two hung on the rowboat and at the cost of a great effort, manage to put it back in place and then go back on board. Unfortunately, the oars were carried too far by the currents.
- "Raah, damn!" swore Ishiro, noticing it. Elsa had a solution, and with a movement of hand and magic escaping from her palms, she created two oars of ice and gave them to the professor. Ishiro was both grateful and impressed.
Not far from them, the king of monsters was struggling, trying to pull Otachi's jaw from his shoulder. The sea dragon was biting louder and louder, increasing Godzilla's pain. This one, under the effect of anger, roared angerly, then with both hands, seized the dragon's head and managed to open the mouth with force, before throwing him over his shoulder. Otachi's huge body crashed into the nearest hill, destroying it under its weight and causing another earthquake and a cloud of smoke and dust. Getting back on his feet and catching his breath, Godzilla was furious and walked towards, wanting to finish with the sea dragon, this one being half-stun by the shock he had suffered.
But once again, emerging from the misty coat that was gradually covering the bay, Leatherback appeared again, even more furious, and threw himself at Godzilla, who had barely had time to see him coming. Receiving a blow in the chest, Godzilla took a step back, but furiously, he fought back, throwing himself, like a wrestler, against the body of Leatherback, who was in turn repulsed and fell backwards. Godzilla once again bit Leatherback's already injured shoulder, making him roar in pain and blocking him to the ground. The situation seemed to return to the advantage for the king of monsters, but the hope was short-lived. BOOM! A huge rock flying in the air crashed against Godzilla's neck, which, surprised by the shock, let go of his opponent. Godzilla turned around furiously to see Otachi standing up again. With his clawed tail, the sneaky dragon threw another block of hill at Godzilla, but this time the king grabbed the rock in his hands and threw him back at his enemy. Otachi avoided the rock block by moving to the side.
The Otachi diversion had worked, however. Leatherback stood up like a devil and threw his full weight on Godzilla, who almost fell backwards into the bay. Godzilla tried to strike back, but Leatherback hit him again and again, pushing the monster king violently against the cliff already weakened by the confrontation and making it collapse a little more. Otachi uttered a roar of satisfaction at this, before turning his gaze towards another interesting target.
Anna and Pabbie finally reached the city of Arendelle and were now on the square facing the docks and the bay, gazing in terror at the clash of titans near the city. On the docks, the guards continued shooting with their cannons at the giant creatures, but without any effect. The city seemed to have been evacuated, no more inhabitants being in sight. But Anna's torn heart and mind was focused on her older sister, not being in sight and her protective ice harrow wrecked .... Was she ..... No, Anna refused to believe such a thing. Falling to her knees, on the wet and cold pavement, she cried, denying that such a thing could happen.
- "Elsa ..... Oh no.....You can't be gone..." she cried. Pabbie approached her, her hand resting on her shoulder to comfort her a little. Suddenly, the face of the troll clears towards the docks.
- "Princess Anna, look!" Pabbie said. Anna looked, and she too saw the sadness giving way to a glimmer of hope in her eyes. Despite the bay furious, a rowboat had managed to return, with on board, the professor Ishiro and....
- "ELSA!" Anna shouted in a voice between joy and sadness, and ran to the docks without further ado. Ishiro helped Elsa back on the platform, and around them the soldiers seemed to be hopeful of seeing their sovereign still alive. A familiar voice made Elsa's head turn and when she turned, hope returned to her heart as well.
- "ANNA!" she shouted in her turn. The two sisters joined in haste, and embraced each other with strength and love. Anna wept for joy in her sister's shoulder.
- "I was so afraid .... I ... I thought that ...." she could not finish her sentence, but Elsa guessed it and smiled at her.
- "I thought so too ..... but not yet." replied the queen, with a reassuring voice.
- "Your majesty." said Grand Pabbie, bowing respectfully to Queen Elsa, who greeted him in turn, happy to see the wise Troll, even if she would have liked to see him again in more favorable conditions for a reunion. Elsa looked behind Anna, perplexed.
- "Where are Kristoff, and Sven and Olaf?" she asked, worried.
- "They are going to get something to help us fight. These titans are not invincible, maybe we can beat them!" Anna said, regaining confidence a little too quickly to her big sister's taste. Elsa's hands joined Anna's.
- "Ishiro was right from the beginning, Anna ..... I was too blinded by fear to see it, but...... Godzilla is not our enemy ...."
- "I know it ....." Anna smiled, reassuring her sister, who saw in her eyes that she had indeed learned a lot about a truth.
- "Oh no, look!" shouted Ishiro suddenly in panic and pointing to the bay. The two sisters and the troll sage looked at each other, and they, too, stared in horror. As Leatherback blocked Godzilla against the cliff and fought with him, Otachi moved away from the fight, heading, with salivating mouth and eyes eager for destruction, towards the docks, and therefore the city. Faced with this monster, the city would not survive. The cannons fired again, but useless against the thick skin of the monster.
With its great size and extraordinary speed, Otachi reaches the docks in a very short time, and grunting with pleasure at so many things to destroy, set to work without further delay. With one of his arms he swept a row of canons and soldiers like vulgar insects, and with his other hand crushed a warehouse, cutting it to pieces. His tail, sweeping to the right and to the left, destroyed one by one the still moored ships. Otachi's throat suddenly swelled like a toad, then he spat out a kind of bright blue liquid, covering another battalion of soldiers and their cannons, which in a few seconds, in excruciating cries of pain, were dissolved by the liquid. Acid! Elsa, Ishiro, Anna, and Pabbie had gone back to the square, horrified by the violence with which the titan ruthlessly massacred the soldiers around him. Otachi grabbed a group of soldiers in his jaws and swallowed them in a second, then with his front paw, crushed some others who were trying to escape, reducing them to shredded bodies.
Further back, the fight continued between Godzilla and Leatherback. This one struck another blow in the face of the monster king, hitting him against the cliff again. Godzilla managed to block the next move, with his hand, and in a burst of anger gave Leatherback a violent headbutt. Leatherback was pushed back, groaning in pain. Seeing the sea dragon at the gates of the human city, Godzilla wanted to reach him to stop him, but Leatherback came back again, roaring in fierce, forcing Godzilla to hit him again. Godzilla bit him furiously on one of the forearms, and tried to push him back, but Leatherback resisted. Godzilla then changed grip and closed his jaws on Leatherback's neck, which roared with pain as the teeth pierced his scales. In a rush of fury, Godzilla, not letting go, pushed Leatherback to hit violently against the cliff, which was shaken in all directions and a part collapsed in the bay. Although affected by its impacts, Leatherback continued to struggle fiercely, as did Godzilla.
Satisfied with his first human victims, Otachi took several steps forward, crushing the docks under his feet, the city of Arendelle now being within his reach, for his greatest pleasure. Swelling his throat again, the dragon spat out another stream of acid, on a row of houses, which began to melt in a few seconds.
Otachi suddenly roared in pain and took a step back. A spike of giant ice had hit him at full speed in one shoulder, without him seeing it coming. Pulling off the stalactite and seeing a little blood running from his shoulder, the dragon groaned. Who could dare to attack him in this way? And he saw them. A small group of humans and a stone troll, alone in the middle of the deserted square. And among them was the blonde-haired, dressed in a ice gown, her hands wrapped in magical energy and determined to protect others from him.
-"Stay behind me!" Elsa shouted to the others. Otachi, furious, walked over to them, crushing all the houses in his way without any regard. Elsa created around her other giant stalactites and with a gesture of her hands, threw them one by one in the direction of the sea dragon. But Otachi, having learned the lesson, continued to advance, destroying one by one the giant projectiles of Elsa with his claws. Soon, the dragon was right in front of them, dominating them with its huge size. He leaned his head towards them, grunting ferociously and thirsting for blood. Elsa was exhausted, having used a lot of magic. Anna came to support by the shoulder, joined by Ishiro and Pabbie. The young queen looked at her sister in the eyes, sad but smiling at the same time, with a sorry look.
- "Forgive me, Anna ..... I didn't succeeded to protect you ...." Elsa said in a tone of failure. Anna, in tears too, shook her head and hugged her sister with love.
-"I love you, Anna...." Elsa said as a last sentence.
-"I love you too, Elsa..." Anna whispered in tears.
All in the small group closed their eyes, waiting to be killed by the sea dragon. Otachi had inflated his throat, ready to pour on them a large stream of acid that would disintegrate them in a few seconds.
CRAAAAACKK! Otachi was suddenly hit hard by a huge rock thrown at full speed in his face. Elsa and the others opened their eyes and saw that, stunned. Shocked by the shock and weight of his body, Otachi fell back violently, crushing a row of houses under his back. Elsa, Anna, Ishiro and Pabbie did not understand what was going on. Suddenly, a hitherto unknown roar pierced the storm. A powerful, majestic roar, similar to that of a lion but much stronger.
-"What....?" Elsa said, puzzled.
-"Look!" Anna said in amazement, pointing in a high direction. The rest of the group turned around and could see what she was seeing, too, in the greatest surprise.
Footsteps made the ground tremble, in a steady rhythm, and emerging from the fog covering the mountains behind the city, another gigantic form appeared, like a giant ghost. The form was humanoid and reached 50 meters high. A body similar to that of a man but covered with scarlet scales. The upper body, the shoulders, the neck and the outline of the head covered with a thick brown mane. Clawed hands and feet, pointed ears like a dog on the top of the head, and a short, bushy tail. His face was a mixture of a monkey and a lion, and showed two fierce and glowing red eyes with great strength. Above his eyes was a sort of bony outgrow almost forming a crown.
Elsa, Anna, Ishiro and Pabbie contemplated this new titan, and although Elsa first showed a frightened face to the idea of a fourth monster, she saw Anna and Pabbie smile at his coming.
- "It's him ..." said Grand Pabbie.
- "King Caesar ...." Anna replied next. Ishiro, too, had recognized this other titan, but could not say a word as stupefaction overwhelmed him. King Caesar's ember glance crossed for a second that of Anna. The young princess felt immediately crushed by this powerful look, but not threatened.
Otachi shook his head as he regained his composure and, getting back on his feet, roared angrily towards the other titan who had dared to interrupt him in his wave of carnage. Taking this as a challenge, King Caesar stepped forward, his face stern and his eyes immersed in those of the sea dragon. He struck his chest like a gorilla and uttered a loud roar. King Caesar was here, and ready for the battle of the titans!
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